Cover Artist of the Year to Attend Windsor ComiCon
Windsor ComiCon announces Michael Cho as its 3rd Guest of 2018.
Windsor, ON. Windsor ComiCon is pleased to announce its 3rd guest of the 2018 season through Canadian illustrator and artist, Michael Cho.
Having immigrated to Canada from South Korea at the age of 6, Cho found his passion through comics, which he attributes to quickly learning the English language and began drawing. Later, he studied contemporary art and graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design.
Cho then went on to create comic covers for Marvel, DC, Image and Boom while creating illustrations for publishers such Penguin Books, Random House, The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal.
Cho has also published an art book of his drawings entitled Back Alleys and Urban Landscapes with Drawn & Quarterly and his first graphic novel, Shoplifter that was published by Pantheon, which debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list.
More recently, Cho won cover artist of the year at the prestigious 2017 Joe Shuster Awards, which was established in 2004 as Canada’s top comics honours (for more information, please visit: joeshusterawards.com). He secured this honour through many of his works, which include cover art for Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus TP Vol. 1, The Flash: Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 TP, Suicide Squad: The Silver Age Omnibus HC (DC), A-Force #3v, All-New Hawkeye #4v, All-New, All-Different Avengers #5v, Amazing Spider-Man #7v, Astonishing Ant-Man #5v, Captain Marvel #2v, Civil War II #1v, 2v, 3v, 4v, 5v, 6v, 7v, 8v Daredevil #4v, Darth Vader #25v, Doctor Strange #5v, Howard the Duck #4v, Invincible Iron Man #6v, IvX #1v, Mighty Thor #4v, Occupy Avengers #1v, Scarlet Witch #3v, Spider-Gwen #5v, Spider-Man #1v, Totally Awesome Hulk #3v, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #5v, Uncanny Inhumans #5v and Vision #4v (Marvel). V = Variant Cover.
“We are pleased to feature Cho at Windsor ComiCon,” says ComiCon President, Colin Douglas. “His art has graced the covers of many well known publishers while inspiring fans and artists worldwide.”
Michael Cho is presented by Jeremy Renaud.
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Jeremy Renaud
General Manager – Windsor ComiCon
Phone: 519.566.1735 I Email: jeremynrenaud@gmail.com
ABOUT WINDSOR COMICON: Windsor ComiCon is an all-ages event, featuring popular genres such as: comics, sci-fi, horror, gaming, and anime / cosplay. The colossal event will take place inside The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor (September 29-30, 2018). For more information, visit: www.windsorcomicon.com
